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Zoey
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Aug 10, 2006, 1:52 PM
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How do I make "More headlines" link to different template?
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I'm re-creating our wonderul site using AM (love it!).
I'm basically making our homepage out of the "index/defualt.html" template - so it will just publish as our homepage "index.shtml".
However - when people click the "More articles" at the bottom of the list of "Latest articles" it continues the list and uses the same template file - therefore it looks like they were just sent back to the homepage.
example: http://www.rvtravel.com/dev3
Any suggestions?
Thanks! - Zoey
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Mike4172
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Aug 10, 2006, 3:59 PM
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Re: [Zoey] How do I make "More headlines" link to different template?
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On the /cgi-bin/artman/templates/index/defalt.html file find:
<a href="$more_url$">More Headlines</a>
Then change to
<a href="/cgi-bin/artman/exec/search.cgi?search=1&template=index/new.html">More Headlines</a>
This is assuming you create a new file in /index/ called new.html. In the new.html you can customize it to how you want it to look on the secondary pages.
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Aug 11, 2006, 11:11 AM
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Re: [Zoey] How do I make "More headlines" link to different template?
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Hi Zoey,
Thanks for the post! 
It looks like Mike's suggestion should work quite well for you. I've actually had a look at your site and it looks like the index page of this development section is now linking to a different template file for the next page of results.
If you do have any other questions or comments about this, just let me know!
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Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
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Garbracht
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Sep 12, 2006, 3:14 AM
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Thanks for this post! It exactly soved my problem.
I tried to add one single term: &cat=$cat_num$ at the end
<a href="/cgi-bin/artman/exec/search.cgi?template=index/default.html&perpage=6&start=7&cat=$cat_num$">More Headlines</a>
but the category number is not added to the URL. (it works in the include line)
Do I have to add some charactres?
www.steel-grips.com -> newsDesk -> business news
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Sep 12, 2006, 9:05 AM
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Hi there.
Thanks for posting!
Using cat=$cat_num$ in your link should do the trick when you are on any of the category index pages. The only place this won’t actually work as you were expecting is on the global index page as that doesn’t actually have a category number to display.
Does that help? Let me know if you would like anymore details .
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Garbracht
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Sep 12, 2006, 9:26 PM
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Hello, Ross,
thanks for the quick reply.
...cat=$cat_num$... in the link does not work but cat=20 does. The system does not accept he variable $cat_num$ but accepts the hard coded number. As a workaround I wrote one specific template for each category with the hard coded category number.
When I have to make amodification in the link it must be made in every template and when I add a category a new template has to be added manually.
Why does $cat_num$ not work? How can I fix it?
Clemens
www.steel-grips.com newsdesk
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Donna
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Sep 13, 2006, 10:58 AM
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Hi there,
Which page are you adding this to? The $cat_num$ placeholder only works on category index pages -- it will not return anything on the main index page. Can you give me the URL of the page that you're using this placeholder on?
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Hi Clemens,
Thanks for the extra information!
I have looked over your site and it appears that you are indeed trying to use $cat_num$ on a category index page. You should be able to use the $cat_num$ placeholder, however it is a little hard to know why this isn't working for you without actually looking at your template file.
What you may want to do is post your template file or if you prefer to net have your files posted, then a private message or filling out a support request would work. Once I have your template files I will be happy to look further into this issue for you. :)
I look forward to hearing back from you Clemens!
Cheers,
Chet Woodside - Product Specialist
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